Direct electrochemical assay of glucose using boron-doped diamond electrodes

We report linear sweep and square wave voltammetric studies on glucose oxidation at boron-doped diamond (BDD) electrodes in an alkaline medium in efforts to evaluate the techniques for electrochemically assaying glucose. The bare BDD electrode showed good linear responses to glucose oxidation for a concentration range from 0.5 to 10 mM glucose, which well encompasses the physiological range of 3-8 mM. The BDD electrodes did not experience interferences from ascorbic acid or uric acid during glucose detection. This method, when applied to real blood samples, gave results similar to those obtained by a commercial glucose monitor.     

A Self‐Sampling‐and‐Flow Biosensor for Continuous Monitoring

A self‐sampling‐and‐flow biosensor was fabricated by sandwiching a nitrocellulose strip on the working electrode side of the double‐sided microporous gold electrodes and a wicking pad on the counter electrode side. The double‐sided microporous electrodes were formed by plasma sputtering of gold on a porous nylon substrate. Sample was taken up to the enzyme‐immobilized working electrode by the capillary action of the front nitrocellulose strip dipped into the sample solution, analyzed electrochemically at the enzyme‐immobilized electrode, and diffuses out to the backside wicking pad through the micropores of the electrodes, constituting a complete flow cell device with no mechanical liquid‐transporting device. Biosensor was formed by co‐immobilizing the glucose oxidase and electron transfer mediator (ferrocene acetic acid) on the thioctic acid self‐assembled monolayer‐modified working electrode. A typical response time of the biosensor was about 5 min with the sensitivity of 2.98 nA/mM glucose, providing linear response up to 22.5 mM. To demonstrate the use of self‐sampling‐and‐flow biosensor, the consumption rate of glucose in the presence of yeast was monitored for five days.     

STUDIES ON IMMOBILIZED GLUCOSE OXIDASE BY DIETHYLAMINOETHYL CELLULOSE COMPLEXES

The properties of immobilized glucose oxidase (GOD) by the complexes of diethylaminoethyl cellulose(DEAEC) with different polymers, such as polymethylacrylic acid (PMAA), polyacrylic acid (PAA), polystyrene sulfonic acid (PSSA), polyvinylaleohol (PVA), polyethylene oxide (PEO) and styrene-maleic acid copolymer (PSMA) were investigated. The activity of immobilized GOD was obviously influenced by the component of the DEAEC complexes. The relative activity of the immobilized GOD reached to maximum and over 90% of the native GOD. when the DEAEC-PMAA DEAEC-PAA complexes were used as a carrier with the molar ratio of DEAEC and polyacid of about one. Michaelis constants (Km) of the immobilized enzymes of DEAEC-GOD-PMAA and DEAEC-GOD-PAA were determined to be 1.25 and 1.00, respectively. Moreover, the immobilized GOD has a good storage stability and cyclic life.     

Biofuel cell anode based on the Gluconobacter oxydans bacteria cells and 2,6-dichlorophenolindophenol as an electron transport mediator

A basic scheme of the use of the Gluconobacter oxydans bacteria cells as a biocatalyst at an anode of a biofuel cell with air-based cathode is raised up. The anode and cathode of the cell are made of graphite; 2,6-dichlorophenolindophenol serves as an electron transport mediator; and glucose is the substrate to be oxidized. The open-circuit voltage is 55 mV, for the bacteria cell, the mediator, and glucose concentrations of 3 mg/ml (raw weight), 34 mM, and 10 mM, respectively. The voltage and current of the biofuel cell loaded with an external resistance of 10 kohm are 5.6 mV and 0.56 mA. The cell’s internal resistance is 88 kohm.     

A New Amperometric Glucose Biosensor with Naphthol Green B as Mediator

Naphthol green B was used, for the first time, as a new mediator in an amperometric glucose biosensor. It is a good mediator, promoting electron transfer from glucose oxidase to graphite electrode. The biosensor shows high sensitivity to glucose at low potential with response time of 30 seconds. The linear range is from 1.5 to 18μmol/L glucose with detection limit of 0.5μmol/L glucose.     

A dual-electrode approach for highly selective detection of glucose based on diffusion layer theory: experiments and simulation

A dual-electrode configuration for the highly selective detection of glucose in the diffusion layer of the substrate electrode is presented. In this approach, a glassy carbon electrode (GCE, substrate) modified with a conductive layer of glucose oxidase/Nafion/graphite (GNG) was used to create an interference-free region in its diffusion layer by electrochemical depletion of interfering electroactive species. A Pt microelectrode (tip, 5 microm in radius) was located in the diffusion layer of the GNG-modified GCE (GNG-G) with the help of scanning electrochemical microscopy. Consequently, the tip of the electrode could sense glucose selectively by detecting the amount of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) formed from the oxidization of glucose on the glucose oxidase layer. The influences of parameters, including tip-substrate distance, substrate potential, and electrolyzing time, on the interference-removing efficiency of this dual-electrode approach have been investigated systematically. When the electrolyzing time was 30 s, the tip-substrate distance was 1.8 a (9.0 microm) (where a is the radius of the tip electrode), the potentials of the tip and substrate electrodes were 0.7 V and 0.4 V, respectively, and a mixture of ascorbic acid (0.3 mM), uric acid (0.3 mM), and 4-acetaminophen (0.3 mM) had no influence on the glucose detection. In addition, the current-time responses of the tip electrode at different tip-substrate distances in a solution containing interfering species were numerically simulated. The results from the simulation are in good agreement with the experimental data. This research provides a concept of detection in the diffusion layer of a substrate electrode, as an interference-free region, for developing novel microelectrochemical devices.     

葡萄糖对油制气废水生物降解影响的初步研究

采用3种驯化分离的菌种S-2、Y-3、XH-3及其混合菌M-3,以葡萄糖作为共代谢基质,研究了葡萄糖对各菌降解油制气废水的影响.结果表明:加入葡萄糖,可使COD、氨氮、可萃取有机物的去除率分别提高16.9%～26.5%、17.5%～31.2%、15.2%～23.3%;但在所采用的时间范围内,酚类化合物的去除率降低.加入葡萄糖,各菌对废水中芳烃类化合物的去除率提高17.7%～21.7%.除了维持无营养物条件下对芳环数≤3芳烃类化合物的良好降解能力外,对芳环数为4～6芳烃类化合物的降解能力也有所提高.     

醋酸纤维素扩散限制膜修饰葡萄糖生物传感器

为拓宽葡萄糖生物传感器检测的线性范围,分别利用质量浓度为0g/L、10g/L、15g/L、20g/L、25g/L和30g/L醋酸纤维素扩散限制膜,对以二茂铁为电子媒介体明胶戊二醛固定葡萄糖氧化酶制备的葡萄糖丝网印刷金电极进行修饰,研究了醋酸纤维素扩散限制膜对葡萄糖生物传感器性能的影响.结果表明,醋酸纤维素扩散限制膜有效地拓宽了葡萄糖生物传感器检测的线性范围,质量浓度为20g/L醋酸纤维素制备的扩散限制膜修饰的葡萄糖生物传感器性能最优,具有良好的产业化前景,其检测线性范围为0～30mmol/L,响应时间为10s,灵敏度为31.4μA/(mol·L-1),相关系数为0.99733.     

鹰嘴豆对小鼠血糖及血脂的影响

本文以新疆地产的鹰嘴豆（Cicer arietinum）为受试样品，用高血糖模型小鼠研究鹰嘴豆调节血糖和血脂的作用．选取27只健康小鼠并随机分为三组；对照组，鹰嘴豆低剂量组（10g／kg／d），鹰嘴豆高剂量组（20g／kg／d），将鹰嘴豆粉与普通饲料混合，喂养12天后，测定其空腹血糖、血清胆固醇（TC）、甘油三酯（TG）含量，并对所得数据进行统计学处理，以此来作为对鹰嘴豆调节血糖血脂的功能评价。结果表明：鹰嘴豆对高血糖小鼠具有很好的降糖和降血脂作用，对预防糖尿病及其并发症具有积极意义。     

高效液相色谱法测定菊粉酶解产物

采用高效液相色谱法以Shim-pack CLC-NH₂ 柱为分析柱，乙腈与水(体积比为7∶3)为流动相，以RID-6A示差折光仪为检测器，测定了菊粉酶解产物中的葡萄糖、果糖和蔗糖 ,为菊粉酶解产物的测定提供了科学依据。